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ATTORNEY Nrrnn. STATES PATENT Grrrcn.

ROSWELL F. COOK, OF ILION, NEi/V YORK, ASSIGNOR TO THE REMINGTON ARMSCOMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

CARTRIDGE-CLIP.

SPPEGIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 539,038, dated May 14,1895.

Application filed September 17, 1894:. Serial N0. 523,2l8- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROSWELL F. COOK, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Ilion, in the county of Herkimer and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cartridge-Clips, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to clips for assembling and depositing packs ofcartridges in repeating rifles of the species described in a separatepatent application filed by me May 29, 1894, Serial No. 512,840, andsaid invention consists in certain novel features of constructionhereinafter described and claimed whereby the clip is adapted to beinserted into a permanent magazine, and then withdrawn by externalaccess to deposit the cartridges in the magazine.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which similar referencecharacters indicate corresponding parts, Figure 1 is a side view of thecartridge-clip with a pack of cartridges assembled therein; Fig. 2, aplan view, the cartridges being removed; Fig. 3, a rear end view of Fig.1; Fig. 4, a horizontal sectional view at 'y' 11/, Fig. 1; and Fig. 5,an elevation of the reverse side of the clip from that shown in Fig. 1.

The clip K is composed of a single piece of spring sheet metal formedinto a channel, having retaining spurs 22 at the lower end at which thecartridges are introduced and afterward disengaged for deposit in themagazine. A retaining handle 23, is provided at the upper end of theclip which practically closes the channel serving both to retain thecartridges and to manipulate the clip after its insertion into themagazine of the gun, as described in my aforesaid separate application,Serial No. 512,840. A groove 24, formed in the side of the clip byembossing the metal serves as a head guide for the cartidges, and thisguiding groove is tapered from the bottom toward the top, extending theentire length of the cartridge channel, whereby the different anglesassumed. by the cartridge heads are provided for and accuratelyconformed to and the said heads prevented from interlocking orobstructing the free forward delivery of each top cartridge after theyare deposited in the magazine, and during the withdrawal of the clipfrom the magazine the cartridges slide outward the more readily by meansof said taper.

An advantage is obtained in constructing the cartridge holder or clip Kso that the cartridges are expelled from the same end of the channel atwhich they are inserted, namely: that the guiding groove 24C, for theheads of cartridges may be tapered and narrowed more closely andeffectually than if the cartridges were to be passed continuouslythrough said channel, and the heads of the cartridges at the varyingangles which they occupy when packed in the clip, may thereby besupported and afterward deposited with greater certainty of properrelation in the magazine than heretofore, namely: with the flange ofeach cartridge in front of the flange of the adjacent cartridge beneath,which is a most important condition in a side feed magazine. The headguiding groove 24:, is, furthermore, formed by an embossment of theplate K, in which the back of the groove is raised from the externalsurface of the plate. A shoulder is thereby formed on the internalsurface of the plate K, for retaining the cartridges in the U-shapedchannel by means of their flanged heads, and by the raised formation ofthe groove the remaining internal surface of the wing of the plateextending from the shoulder of the groove is permittedto lay firmlyagainst and hold the shell of the cartridge, which is of less diameterthan the head, in the manner distinctly seen in Fig. 4.

The wing 80, serves as a partition between the magazine and the receiverof the gun to use the gun as a single loader when the clip is partlyraised in its position of insertion as will be more readily understoodby reference to said separate application.

I claim- 1. An assembling clip for cartridges adapted for the admissionand expulsion of cartridges at one end of the channel, provided with ahead guiding groove tapering from the closed end toward the open end ofsaid channel, for the purpose set forth.

2. An assembling clip for cartridges adapted Signed at Iiion, in thecounty of Herkiiner for the admission and expulsion of the carand Stateof New York, this 14th day of July, 'tridges at one end of the channel,provided A. D. 1894.

with a head guiding groove substantially as ROSWELL F. COOK. 5 describedtapering from one end toward the Witnesses:

other of the said channel for the purpose de- WILFRID HARTLEY,

scribed. RIMMON O. FAY.

